Into the Wardrobe

I've just completed my umpteenth read of VDT - SC, here I come!

Anway, when I came to Ramandu's island with the magical feast laid out on the table, it suddenly struck me that eating and drinking are an important element of all the CoN. Below is a list off the top of my head - I don't claim it is exhaustive!

LWW - Lucy being lured by Mr Tumnus into taking tea with him, Edmund eating magical Turkish delight, all four children eating with the Beavers

PC - two lunches between four when the children first arrive on the island, fish and bear meat with Trumpkin, the feast at Dancing Lawn, the feast produced by Bacchus and the Mynads (sp) after the romp

VDT - the meal delivered by the Dufflepuds before Lucy makes them visible, the meal Coriakin produces after Lucy has made him visible, the magical feast on Ramandu's island, drinking the water of the last sea, the picnic on the beach with Aslan

SC - eating eels with Puddleglum, Puddleglum drinking the giant's brew, eating with Rillian during his enchantment, eating in the cave after they escaped from Underworld

HHB - Aravis' 'rather nice things', the feast Tumnus brings to Shasta in Tashbaan, the food Aravis has in the Hermit's house

MN - Digory and Polly sharing the toffees, Jadis eating the apple, Digory lusting after an apple, Digory feeding an apple to his mother

LB - Jill and Eustace giving Tirian the sandwiches they've brought, the 'porridge' in the tower, the fruit they eat 'inside' the stable

All of this suggests that Lewis thought food and drink important. Narnia seems to be the place to go for a good knees up!

Rus says: "It is as important to feast when feast time comes as it is to fast at fasting times. "
Or, as GKC says:

"Feast on wine or fast on water,
And your honour shall stand sure.
God Almighty's son and daughter,
He the valiant, she the pure.
If an angel out of Heaven
Brings you other things to drink,
Thank him for his kind intentions -
Go and pour them down the sink."

Let's not forget the pavenders that are mentioned being eaten on several ocassions.

Jill's drink of water on Aslan's mountain.

Shasta's breakfast with the dwarfs.

The Hermit of the Southern March's meals with the horses and Aravis.

Glimfeather's snack of bat-in-flight.

Eels with Puddleglum.

Bree eating grass and Shasta eating onions, etc.

Roonwit's draught of wine at Tirian's hunting lodge.

I'm sure there are many more....